Bug 2297520 (CVE-2024-40936)

Summary:	CVE-2024-40936 kernel: cxl/region: Fix memregion leaks in devm_cxl_add_region()
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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Version:	unspecified	CC:	brdeoliv, dfreiber, drow, jburrell, vkumar
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2024-07-12 13:35:52 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

cxl/region: Fix memregion leaks in devm_cxl_add_region()

Move the mode verification to __create_region() before allocating the
memregion to avoid the memregion leaks.

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2024-09-11 00:57:54 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2024:6567 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6567